Grayson was released from jail in 1990, and claimed to have abstained from using drugs thereafter. "It was just something to do that was fun and that I enjoyed doing." With the decline of the graffiti movement in the late 1980s, Dez began dealing with narcotics and consequently ended up in jail by the late 1980s. "I didn't so much set out to be a DJ," he said. As a youth involved in New York's flourishing hip hop scene, Keith witnessed firsthand the ascent of legendary disc jockeys such as Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizzard Theodore, and Kool DJ Red Alert, in the late 1970s and into the 1980s. One of Grayson's better known tags was "Dez". He was originally a prominent graffiti artist, having been featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary, Style Wars. Grayson was born August 14, 1966, in New York City. 2.2 2010–2022: More Than Just a DJ and Rhyme or Die.
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